Saturday,
26 September 2009 was a heck of a day for Seito Bugei Juku,
Peterborough ON. Kim Taylor,
NanaDan, Sei Do Kai Guelph ON was here to instruct members of the
Central Ontario Iaido community. With the time restraint of two
hours, Kim Taylor with the assistance of Dave Green, RoukuDan,
Tateyama Ottawa ON and Pamela Morgan, Sei Do Kai Guelph ON
demonstrated and explained all 12 Kata of the Zen
Nihon Kendo Renmei Zen
Ken Ren Iaido. His
theme for the workshop was ‘Finding Waldo’. With this humorous
theme, he would explain the relevance of tekki to improve the quality
of kata performance in Iaido. Kim
Taylor, Dave Green and Pamela Morgan demonstrated Koryu Iaido and
Seitei Jodo at the end of the workshop, WOW!

Students
from the local schools; Seito Bugei Juku;
Jim Wilson’s Kenshokan Iaido;
Andy Dobie’s
Shorinji
Kan Jiu Jitsu;
and Paul Fox’s
Chokushin Aiki Jujutsu supported
the event. Peter
Schramek, GoDan, JCCC, Toronto ON
and Scotty Allen, Etobicoke
Olympium Kendo/Iaido Club,
Etobicoke ON came to train from out of
town. In total, 18 practitioners received excellent instruction from
Kim Taylor. A local member of the Sei Do Kai and long time friend of
Kim Taylor and Dave Green, Chris Noonan was there and provided
technical input. A special thank you to Peter Schramek, who
instructed the nyumensha, giving them special attention they needed.

The
workshop was a great success. Thank you Kim Taylor from all the
participants and myself for the excellent instruction and insights
you provided. Next year, this event will take place in the month of
April. The plan will be to make it longer and include Koryu and Jodo.

Dave Green, Chris Nunan, Kim Taylor, Mike ChinadiSome of the elders of the Canadian Iaido scene